Bournemouth Schools Mr. Cordle asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new school places, primary or secondary, became available as a result of new construction in Bournemouth in each year between 1960 and 1974. Mr. Armstrong The numbers of new school places which became available are listed in the following table: -------- |1960 | -------- |1961 | -------- |1962 | -------- |1963 | -------- |1964 | -------- |1965 | -------- |1966 | -------- |1967 | -------- |1968 | -------- |1969 | -------- |1970 | -------- |1971 | -------- |1972 | -------- |1973 | -------- |1974 | -------- |Totals| -------- The figures include places provided in permanent or temporary construction, and a small number, not separately identifiable in some years, of replacement or remodelled places. Mr. Cordle asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools and secondary schools in Bournemouth on some convenient date in each of the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and at the latest convenient date for which figures are available. Mr. Armstrong The information is as follows: ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- NOTE:i. The primary school figure for 1960 is based on full time teaching staff only; the figures for later years are based on numbers that include an allowance for the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers.ii. For 1974 the ratios relate pupil numbers only to the qualified teachers. Mr. Cordle asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools, primary and secondary, there were in use in Bournemouth on some convenient date in each of the following years 1960, 1965, 1970 and at the latest convenient date for which figures are available; and how many pupils there were at those schools on each of those dates. Mr. Armstrong The information is as follows: ------------------- | | ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- |Primary schools | ------------------- |Secondary schools| ------------------- Note: Part-time pupils in primary school numbered 26 in January 1970 and 248 in January 1974. No corresponding figures are available for the earlier years.